The U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigated a July 29, 2008, storage tank explosion that killed three workers and injured a fourth at the Packaging Corp. of America mill near Tomahawk.

Written by

Amanda Seitz
Daily Herald Media

Updated at 8:45 a.m.

The third worker in less than a year at Packaging Corp. of America was severely burned Tuesday morning while working at the mill.

Emergency crews were dispatched to the mill on Highway E at 9:41 a.m. Tuesday after a 911 caller reported that an employee was burned, according to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department. ...

Mike Slesicki, 53, was severely burned Tuesday while working on a boiler at the mill, Dave Blank, the human resources manager at PCA, said this morning. Slesicki has worked at PCA for nine years.